smcdwer:erikkwakkel:theglobalbook:Bound in seal skin. Old Icelandic Homily Book, c. 1200, Iceland.(I
smcdwer:erikkwakkel:theglobalbook:Bound in seal skin. Old Icelandic Homily Book, c. 1200, Iceland.(Image source: Flickr, National Library of Sweden) Seal skin: as an Icelandic bookbinder you use what you can get your hands on. Awesome!Seal skin bound book from medieval Iceland. Why not, right? While Icelanders raised a lot of sheep and used sheep skin for books, seal skin was another practical resource. -- source link
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